147U.K.In section 25D(6)(a) (court to which application may be made following detention of ships, aircraft and vehicles), for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) substitute—
“(ia)if the arrested person has not been charged, or he has been charged but proceedings for the offence have not begun to be heard, a magistrates' court;”.
148(1)Amend section 28K (execution of search warrants issued to immigration officers) as follows.U.K.
(2)For subsection (9)(a), substitute—
“(a)if issued by a justice of the peace in England and Wales, to the designated officer for the local justice area in which the justice was acting when he issued the warrant;”.
(3)In subsection (10), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “ designated officer ”.
149(1)Amend Schedule 2 (administrative provisions about control on entry) as follows.U.K.
(2)In paragraphs 23(1A)(a) and 31(3A)(a), for “justices' chief executive” substitute “ designated officer ”.
(3)In paragraphs 23(3) and 31(4), for “purposes of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 and, in particular section 60 of that Act, as being” substitute “ purposes of section 38 of the Courts Act 2003 (application of receipts of designated officers) as being ”.
(4)In paragraphs 24(2)(a) and 33(2)(a), after “hours, before” insert “ in England and Wales, a justice of the peace, in Northern Ireland, ”.
150(1)Amend Schedule 3 (supplementary provisions about deportation) as follows.U.K.
(2)After paragraph 6(2) insert—
“(2A)Where the Crown Court directed release, the appropriate court is that court or a magistrates' court.”
(3)In paragraph 6(3), omit “the Crown Court or” and “commission area or”.
(4)In paragraph 8(1)—
(a)for “England or Wales or” substitute “ England or Wales in pursuance of paragraph 7 above shall be brought as soon as practicable and in any event within twenty-four hours after his arrest before a justice of the peace in England or Wales, and a person arrested in ”;
(b)omit “area or”.